The Bridge

11:03 AM

@StrixVaria can you enlighten me on what happened there?

@badp He deleted some of his comments on Sorean's answer that helped out. Essentially, he downvoted Sorean's answer so that he would be awarded half the bounty when it ran out, and admitted to doing so.

When confronted about it, this comment shows that he has no regrets or intentions to change his actions.

skovacs1

This user has even written about how to abuse the voting system. Quite the odious character.

badp

Has he? On meta?

StrixVaria

@skovacs1 He has?

skovacs1

One sec. I'll check back to the link.

enjoy this in the mean time.

badp

11:08 AM

If that's the alternative to hold music I probably pick hold music over it

@StrixVaria does "legacy experience" answer his question?

StrixVaria

@badp I can't say anything about the quality of his answer. What he did was still subverting the rep system whether his answer was right or wrong.

skovacs1

Gnomeslice posted it. How do you quote in chat here?

StrixVaria

@skovacs1 Paste the permalink to the message.

badp

or the comment, or the answer, or the question

skovacs1

19 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

> Keep in mind when you upvote that you don't get anything in return (except a few minor badges in the beginning). It is kind of like giving money to an enemy, in a system where money is free. Sure, the vote doesn't cost you anything... But, what do you really gain other than gloryifing your competition?

StrixVaria

11:12 AM

That was by someone else.

badp

@skovacs1 wait, that's Evan Carrol

StrixVaria

Not this guy who's trolling G.SE right now.

badp

Evan Carroll, Houston, TX

133 5

He's hardly on Gaming at all

skovacs1

20 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

@Fabian I can't find the exact example, but he definitely wrote an answer about how to tactically downvote somewhere.

badp

This other guy doesn't have an MSO account

skovacs1

11:14 AM

I must have missed the context.

Yi Jiang

Meta Gaming?

badp

also no

skovacs1

Yeah. They were talking about anyone admitting to tactical downvoting and then Gnome pulled Evan Carrol as an example. I misunderstood. xP

Gaming not on Gaming

0

Q: Need for Speed Most wanted NFS MW on ubuntu 12.04

NFS MW has gold rating in wine . I installed it , it opened fine. But after few screens, it doesnt work properly. In race, I cannot see anything clearly. Everything will be black. Any idea how to play NFS on ubuntu ?

wine games

StrixVaria

@badp He literally stole his answer from the other answer, including a source that was compiled by Sorean.

Do we really want to allow him to keep that in his answer?

Anyway, if we simply let him get away with dick behavior like he's doing, that's going to set a bad precedent. I'll leave it at that and let the mods handle it.

Breakfast time!

skovacs1

11:19 AM

If he repeats, we'll see I guess. I'd rather not get involved as I don't feel my opinion is valuable to this discussion.

badp

@StrixVaria I'm discussing options with other mods

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Adventure Time!

Yi Jiang

@badp Just curious, do mods have the ability to rollback already awarded bounties?

badp

nope

Lazers

11:40 AM

0

Q: What is the maximum number of Locations Discovered that one can achieve in Skyrim?

Under Stats | General, there is a counter for Locations Discovered at the top. What is the maximum number one can achieve in this? I have tried googling the answer but I am not able to find satisfactory answer. There are some self reports of people achieving 348, 329 or 323 in various places in ...

skyrim

RedriderX

Hmm, I found this new user "answer" and I'm not sure what to do about it:

-1

A: Is it possible to remove animals from a Minecraft map?

I Tried It With The Anvil Format And It Still Worked, My World Is Now Working Perfectly!

It isn't an answer, but this person might have some useful information that could help.

OrigamiRobot

@RedriderX This should be a comment.

RedriderX

There are new to SE, so should they be advised to write a comment, or try to provide some more information?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oh hey Amazon, thanks for sending me an email notifying me that the only two games I have ever bought from you are now on sale! That's helpful. I wouldn't care about games I haven't already bought anyway. After all, I don't own them!

OrigamiRobot

@RedriderX They should be advised to comment, but they don't have the rep to comment.

RedriderX

11:52 AM

@OrigamiRobot It can be flagged and shoe-horned into a comment, right?

OrigamiRobot

Yes

RedriderX

There, done. Do you think my comment explains the situation well enough?:

-1

A: Is it possible to remove animals from a Minecraft map?

I Tried It With The Anvil Format And It Still Worked, My World Is Now Working Perfectly!

Yi Jiang

OrigamiRobot

@RedriderX I would say so.

Yi Jiang

This appearing on a sign up form always makes me laugh

RedriderX

12:00 PM

@OrigamiRobot Okay.

Yi Jiang

Mainly because I have absolutely no idea what to fill this in with

RedriderX

@YiJiang Singapore Maybe?

OrigamiRobot

@YiJiang "At rest"

Yi Jiang

@OrigamiRobot Solid state

@RedriderX Hello there, I live in Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

skovacs1

Exactly

RedriderX

12:02 PM

@YiJiang Hey, it works for New York.

Yi Jiang

@RedriderX Pfft, one more layer and we'll have Major Major Major Major level of madness

Yi Jiang, Singapore, Singapore

2.7k 1 9 18

glitch openttd dwarf-fortress angry-birds-space character-build resources simcity-4

My location already reads "Singapore, Singapore"

badp

@YiJiang Singapore: unsupported.

Oak

Can someone give me a hand for a minute?

skovacs1

I'm sure you can't hear me clapping.

badp

shoot

Oak

12:11 PM

Just go to this address: mishtest.alwaysdata.net/cachetest.py

then refresh a few times

tell me if the time changes every time

StrixVaria

@Oak It does.

skovacs1

It does

Oak

Thanks guys!

Also: woo!

us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4253973263?page=16#314

It was the silliest thing

Of the 5 classes in D3, only 2 actually use their weapons when attacking

(animation-wise)

StrixVaria

I saw that last night. I didn't even notice when I was playing as the monk.

I was too busy wrecking everything.

Oak

:)

StrixVaria

12:17 PM

11 days!

Oak

Before the beta I was aiming for the DH being my first character, now the Monk is my new favorite

StrixVaria

Before the beta I was planning on making a Monk, but now WD is my new favorite :P

Oak

I mean, he started out meh. And then he got that teleporting rune for the fists of thunder

StrixVaria

That rune!

When I was reading all the skills on the calculator, I dismissed Fists of Thunder as garbage.

Oak

It changed him from a melee class to an AWESOME class

StrixVaria

12:18 PM

Then I got that rune in the beta and couldn't. Stop. Killing.

Definitely the highlight of the Monk in the beta.

badp

@Oak I was annoyed by the Barbarian's AOE attack

The guy stops moving after ~2 seconds

The effect actually lasts 5 seconds

StrixVaria

Rend?

Oak

@badp which one?

badp

and if you attack before those 5 seconds are over it seems the attack is interrupted

StrixVaria

us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/rend

badp

12:19 PM

@Oak the one where he spins round and damages everybody in the area

StrixVaria

That one?

badp

I think so

StrixVaria

Because that was the highlight of my Barbarian.

I used that with Frenzy. Rend would take out all the weaker guys and I would Frenzy down any bigger threats in the group.

It definitely keeps damaging even if you do something else.

Oak

I mean, it says so in the skill description...

But I haven't reached level 5 with the beta barb so will reserve my judgment

badp

@StrixVaria Noted

Lazers

12:37 PM

1

Q: Is it possible to reanimate a dragon on skyrim?

Dragons are EXTREMELY powerful and I was wondering if I could get one to fight for me.

skyrim

0

Q: Is there a Terran wall-in guide?

Does some kind of Terran wall-in guide exist that focuses on the different ramp types. I struggle with some of the strange 2v2 ramps, especially if they face northeast and I want addons on my Barracks very fast. Sometimes my wall is not complete or the buildings are weirdly paced so my units can...

starcraft-2 terran buildings

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Lazers NARQ, IMO. Stupid thought experiment.

EBongo

@LessPopMoreFizz I thought that as well at first, but I figure it's got to be a frequently asked question for new players. 1) Get reanimate spell 2) Google things you can reanimate with said spell. Interestingly, even the wiki doesn't say you can't, it just mentions the bug.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@EBongo "Can I have sex with prostitutes... in skyrim" is a pretty common question for new players too. It's also a stupid one.

EBongo

@LessPopMoreFizz Yes, but there is not a "sex with NPC X" spell in Skyrim, causing you to wonder what that spell can be used on.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@EBongo I dunno. Feels like the gaming equivalent of this dude. Invent cool scenario, insert into game. There's no particularly good reason to believe it's doable or useful, given the way dragons disintegrate on death.

skovacs1

12:49 PM

Maybe, but Skyrim does have poor spell documentation, leading to questions like gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/62177/…

EBongo

@LessPopMoreFizz I am playing Skyrim without having played any of the previous entries in the series. @agent86 had to at one point just explain the buy/sell interface to me, because I couldn't figure out how to control it. It is a game that is massive in scale - and it seems to me a lot of things that aren't at first possible become possible later. The question is borderline, I thought so too - I just lean in favor of it being valid. I understand where you are coming from though.

Lazers

1:04 PM

2

Q: Where do I find my 26 character CD key?

I recently opened my dusty box of old games and was excited to find my original CD keys for Diablo II and Diablo II Lord of Destruction. A helpful person on this site pointed out that I could enter my keys on battle.net and download a modern version of the game compatible with my OS. I did that...

diablo-2

0

Q: Do normal region restrictions apply when playing PS1 games on PS3?

I got my PS1 while living in the US and I live in EU now. Will my US PS1 games work on a PAL PS3 or do normal region restrictions apply?

ps3 ps1

agent86

1:23 PM

@Lazers woooo I am HELPFUL

LessPop_MoreFizz

Nothing like. Good ol' MSO tantrum to start the morning.

-4

Q: Is SE community increasingly hostile?

I am experiencing increasing hostility from the SE community. Some recent examples: My perfectly valid question with 3 valid answers has been downvoted for no reason. Economics beta was given exactly 9! days to evict with no prior consultation with members nor taking any proactive steps. Ge...

discussion

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz you haven't seen whining unless you saw the deleted questions from SO whining 2 months ago

LessPop_MoreFizz

I saw it.

Ian Pugsley

@BenBrocka are you referring to the LoL litigation kid (and his sister :P)?

Lazers

0

Q: Will the version of Diablo 2 included with the Collectors Edition of Diablo 3 run on modern Mac OS X?

The collectors Edition of Diablo 3 includes a 4GB USB drive preloaded with Diablo 2 and Lord of Destruction. Will this version of the game run on a modern Intel Mac running OS X 10.7 without modifications, virtualisation or other third party software? I have read that Blizzard stopped supportin...

osx diablo-2

Ben Brocka

1:36 PM

@IanPugsley not at all, once SE started updating your rep from deleted questions there was some major rage after Stackoverflow deleted some old poll/ect posts

Yi Jiang

Yup, and then some hilarious drama

Ben Brocka

it was fairly successful too, as they got to keep their rep...

Yi Jiang

3

Q: What do we have to do as a community to reconnect with our past?

I'll admit it, I have not been very active on SO for the past 18 months. In part due to having other things that I have to get done and also in part due to the decline of feeling good about spending time on the site. When I first started using SO, for me it was about getting help on a project I...

discussion deleted-questions deleted-answers meta-discussion

If you ask me, this has to be one of the most stupendously unconstructive questions ever asked in the history of MSO

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